Cixi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Cixi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cixi plotted against Zhejiang and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Cixi's incremental SNDi rose from 3.05 to 3.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cixi ranked 77th out of 116 cities in Zhejiang and 1283rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.94
- Rank in China
- 1380th of 1843
- Rank in Zhejiang
- 88th of 116
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.36
- Rank in China
- 1283rd of 1843
- Rank in Zhejiang
- 77th of 116
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Kishoreganj, Bangladesh
- Dhulian, India
- Pekalongan, Indonesia
- Erbil, Iraq
- Salem, India
- Auckland, New Zealand
Cixi, Kishoreganj, and Erbil all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. Looking at the full network, Kishoreganj and Erbil both became progressively more disconnected, while Cixi fluctuated in connectivity. Cixi and Kishoreganj have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.